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Test 6 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

A boy in Alberta has numb, white cheeks after a cold walk. What should his family do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, family · What happens: have, do · To what, where: numb white cheeks

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: A boy in Alberta has numb, white cheeks after a cold walk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Alberta	case
4	Alberta	Alberta	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cheeks	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 numb	punct
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cheeks	amod
9	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 walk	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 walk	det
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 walk	amod
13	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cheeks	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a boy in Alberta	numb white cheeks			after a cold walk		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What should his family do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 family	nmod:poss
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	boy's family						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Rub his cheeks hard with clean snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cheeks	nmod:poss
3	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rub	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Rub	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 snow	case
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 snow	amod
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rub	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	his cheeks				with clean snow; hard property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent cheek=Destination with snow=Theme

Option 2

Send him back outside to get used to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Send	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Send	advmod
4	outside	outside	ADV	_	1 Send	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 used	mark
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	aux:pass
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Send	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send back	imperative	you not said here	him = he				outside property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	use	to-infinitive · passive	you not said here		it				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Warm his cheeks slowly indoors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warm	warm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cheeks	nmod:poss
3	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Warm	obj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Warm	advmod
5	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	1 Warm	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	imperative	you not said here	his cheeks				indoors, slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient

Option 4

Put his face near a hot fire at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 face	nmod:poss
3	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	near	near	ADP	_	7 fire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fire	det
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fire	amod
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	his face		a hot fire			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme near fire=Destination

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